susanne spots her older sister joyce. susanne was the maid of honor at her wedding. >> oh, my god. >> oh, i missed you too. i love you so much. >> reporter: they have 26 years of lost time to make up. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: then a moment between makunda and his aunt jane. >> hi, aunt jane, i'm makunda. >> reporter: jane knows none of this could have happened if makunda hadn't taken that giant step out of his apartment prison five years ago. >> that young man has a lot of courage. saved your sister's life. >> the whole family, he saved their whole life. >> reporter: what did you say to him about that? >> i thanked him for his courage. told him i loved him and i was so happy to finally meet him. >> reporter: like an explorer who's just discovered a continent, makunda is equally overcome. >> just taking it all in. >> it feels like a whole new world just opened up. >> reporter: as the reunion winds down, susanne returns with her kids to a monument of her own childhood, the sand dunes where she used to play. it's a steep climb to the top, but susanne has surmounted challenges much

and lonnie and susanne stand ready to let mother nature win this watery skirmish. >> there's nothingage or save or do anything about it except get out. >> reporter: in san rafael, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> close call when a mudslide almost knocked a truck off a cliff along highway one. check out these pictures. that mud nearly pushed that dump truck over the edge, but the driver escaped without a scratch. be sure to download that free ktvu weather app for the very latest on the conditions. you will find live radar and up- to-the-minute forecast. search for ktvu in the app store. >>> students at san francisco state university are on alert this weekend after a sexual assault on campus. a female student reported being assaulted in a rest room near the tennis courts there. the student says her attacker is about 20 years old, 5'7" with a stocky build and dark hair. anyone with any information is asked to contact campus police. >>> instructors at city college of san francisco are threatening to strike over stalled contract negotiations, nearly three dozen were detained and cited yes

. >> well, joining us today from the york street project is executive director susanne byrne, education coordinator dominique sherman, and joshalynn wynn, and she's a program participant. thank you all for being with us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> honestly, it is admirable what the york street project does because you attack the issue from all angles. tell us a little bit about the philosophy behind that. >> so, the york street project was founded back in the late '80s by the sisters of st. joseph of peace. they had been ministering and working with the people in jersey city since, really, you know, the early 1900s. and back in the early '70s, they were just seeing that there was and, you know, the sisters -- they worked with families in jersey city and was asking them what their needs were. and, at the time, there was a lot of single mothers. they were dropping out of school at an early age. they didn't have any place to put their kids. they didn't have any place to live. and the sisters asked, "if we could do anything for you, what did you want us to do? what do you want us to do

. >>> the former regional director susanne had been said that lead contamination should have never happened in flint michigan and was among federal and local officials testifying in the house oversight government reform committees second hearing on the water crisis. this is just under four hours a. [inaudible conversations] committee on oversight government reform will come to order. the chair is authorized to resources. ms. hedman from the epa is supposed to be here. are you here? i should say she's formally from the dpa. the oversight reform will come to order. all rights to authorized to declare a recess at any time -- [inaudible conversations] ms. hedman is now here we will go ahead and start. plenty michigan plans michigan was a financial disaster and had the highest rate in the nation in some of the poorest water. in the spring of 2013 the emergency manager approved a plan that was going to change the trajectory of the potter and in the vote, the city council voted to support this although they didn't have the authority to execute them. they were going to move from detroit water to th